Friday, March 18, 2016

13 Virtues Brewing Hires New Brewer

Courtesy 13 Virtues Brewing CO

Portland, OR – March 17 – Today 13 Virtues
Brewing would like to announce the hiring of Cameron Fisher as head
brewer, replacing the departed David Vohden.

Born in Texas but raised in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Fisher
graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2009 with a degree
in Food and Beverage Management. In 2011 he won a Best in Show award
for his Belgian IPA at a homebrew contest at Aurora, Colorado’s Dry Dock
Brewing Company. All seven barrels of his beer produced at Dry Dock
subsequently sold out in a week and a half. In May of 2013 Fisher joined
the crew at Odyssey Beerwerks in Arvada, Colorado, as a beertender. He
quickly moved up the ranks to become assistant brewer, and helped put in
place many SOPs for the 15-barrel, 135-barrel fermentation capacity
brewhouse. Shortly thereafter he began brewing most of the company’s
lineup, and was integral in recipe development. One of his recipes –
Fluffy Pumpkin, a toasted marshmallow pumpkin porter – is still canned
seasonally. While brewing at Odyssey, Fisher and staff won a gold medal
(Czech Lager) and two bronze medals (Hefeweizen) at the Colorado State
Fair Craft Beer Competition.

Fisher is inspired by hoppy, West Coast-style beers as well as
traditional Belgian styles. He cites Stone, Allagash, and Ommegang as
some of his influences.

Steve Moore opened Philadelphia’s Steaks & Hoagies in 1987, and in 1994 became the 14th
licensed brewery in the state of Oregon. In September of 2014 the
Sellwood/Moreland location was rebranded as 13 Virtues Brewing Company,
and in October of that year won a Silver medal at the Great American
Beer Festival for Woozy Weizenbock.